Article: Federal Court to decide tomorrow on independent MPs

Article: Nizar objects to Federal Court referral
New Straits Times;  April 24, 2009 ;     365 words ... ... besar of Perak to the Federal Court. He said this was due ... the High Court). The Federal Court cannot answer legal ... prerogative under the Perak Constitution to appoint a menteri besar. The Federal Court has fixed the matter ...

Article: Federal Court to hear MB issue
New Straits Times;  March 7, 2009 ;     495 words ... ... best decided by the Federal Court. High Court judge ... the matter to the Federal Court, Lau said there ... interpretation of the Perak Constitution, which required ... be referred to the Federal Court. When the case was ...

Article: Four questions for Federal Court
New Straits Times;  March 11, 2009 ;     436 words ... ... questions for Federal Court Edition: Main ... questions to the Federal Court on the appointment ... Perak under the Perak constitution by the sultan ... Perak under the Perak constitution by the sultan ... decided by the Federal Court . Lau had agreed ...

Article: Ex-MB v MB case goes back to High Court
New Straits Times;  March 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... laws gave powers to the Federal Court to interpret federal as ... s application to the Federal Court to interpret the Perak constitution which is a written law ... that the decision of the Federal Court would now enable him to ...

Article: Judge: Only EC decides in 8 states
New Straits Times;  June 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... However, the matter was fast tracked to the Federal Court via Article 63 of the Perak Constitution as important issues were at stake. Nik Hashim ... Constitution did not give authority to the Federal Court to hear the matter. He said Article 63 ...

Article: Nizar seeks leave to quash law passed in 1997
New Straits Times;  April 28, 2009 ;     437 words ... ... apex court. He wants the Federal Court to declare as null and ... that was replaced with "Federal Court" in Article 63 of the Perak Constitution. The application was ... Messrs Leong and Tan at the Federal Court registry yesterday. He ...

Article: `Suspension of Perak MB and reps illegal as there is no law for ...
New Straits Times;  June 12, 2009 ;     653 words ... ... such punishment, the Federal Court has ruled. Judge Datuk ... Augustine Paul said the Perak Constitution, when read together ... was transferred to the Federal Court under Article 63 of the Perak Constitution. (Sivakumar was removed ...